Australian Research Council

The Australian Research Council (ARC) is a Commonwealth entity established as an independent body under the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', reporting to the Minister for Education.

The ARC's purpose is to help shape Australian research for the nation's economic, social, environmental and cultural benefit: # enabling research, # evaluating the excellence, impact and depth of Australian research, # providing advice and research grants services, and # supporting research integrity and promoting ethical research.

The ARC supports early-stage research through the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), which supports approximately $1 billion per year of research to individuals, teams and large-scale centres in all disciplines except for medical.

Since 2011, ARC has awarded the annual Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship and the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship, which are research fellowships for female Australian and international researchers, intended to support innovative research programs and mentor early career researchers. Provided by Wikipedia